A Reddit user known as Irhun had once gotten embroiled in a stressful saga involving her best friend(bff) and the friend’s abusive ex, who had begun stalking her. What started as an annoying case of a ghosting ex-boyfriend trying to force his way into a new home quickly escalated into a physical confrontation involving his parents. The resulting behavior prompted her to take to Reddit and upload the story to the r/EntitledPeople subreddit.
According to the post, the bff, who is 30, had been ghosted by her 29-year-old ex for three years. After he resurfaced and found out she had bought a house, he began hounding her, demanding that she take him back and let him move into the house she shared with Irhun’s family. That Thanksgiving, the ex’s parents visited from their country, and out of respect to her past relationship with them, the bff offered to pick them up from the airport.
She had planned to ask the parents to intervene and stop their son from stalking her. Instead, the lunch turned into a nightmare when his mothers, whom Irhun refers to as ex-MIL turned it on the bff. Irhun explained, “Apparently her ex-MIL demanded to know why bestie did not take her abusive stalker ex back. According to ex-MIL my bestie is responsible for her ‘baby boy’ since she was his first girlfriend and they were ‘married in the eyes of god’.”
The Ex’s mother then started blaming her
The ex-MIL began screaming that the bff was responsible for her son not having a wife or children and demanded that she “take responsibility and become the submissive wife he deserved.” The bff tried to de-escalate things by closing the door on marriage, but during the drive to their hotel, the ex-MIL’s demands grew more intense, eventually insisting the friend “have a child and give her son the house as the man in the relationship.”
When the friend finally reached her limit, she told the mother that she would never take “a failure of a man like her ‘baby boy’ as a husband, let along give birth to his spawn.” The reaction was physical. The ex-MIL jumped on the friend, managing to scratch her cheek before her husband intervened. The friend eventually dropped their bags on the sidewalk and left, as the mother screamed that she wished their house would burn down with everyone inside.
Irhun’s bbf’s nightmare began from a lack of support. In a previous post, Irhun explained that her bff was an immigrant who had cut ties with her own toxic family, leaving her with no one but her ex and his parents. So, when the relationship ended, she lost a big part of her support system. As Irhun noted, “It’s not easy to be an immigrant when you have no place to return to.”
Calm notes that while moving on from an ex can be hard, there are steps you can take to get there. For instance, you need to visualize the relationship completely so that you don’t get swept up in the good memories.
Some of the other steps include maintaining your distance, being okay with emotional upheavals, staying grounded, rebuilding trust in yourself, depending on your support system to provide reality checks, and challenge self blame. The goal is to rebuild slowly.
The aftermath of this incident was difficult for the bff. While she isn’t pressing charges, she and Irhun have filed a police report to create a paper trail. Additionally, after prompting from Irhun’s mother, she is now seeking professional help from a therapist to work through the trauma. Meanwhile, the family blocked everyone from the ex’s side on all social media, and they are working toward obtaining a restraining order.
The community on Reddit strongly suggested firmer action to protect Irhun and her bff. One user, More-Jacket-9034, noted, “Pressing charges will expedite a restraining order. Your ‘bestie’ seriously needs to rethink her decision. The ex MIL is deranged and dangerous.”
Another user, WelshWickedWitch, shared similar frustration: “So the police couldn’t help when bestie went to them as nothing substantial had happened for them to intervene. Yet once something has happened, which they can help with, she doesn’t want them to actually do anything?!! Yeah I can appreciate that she currently is in shock BUT I would start to lose patience that she is making foolish decisions.”
Reddit has no lack of stories about entitled people. Recently, a woman told the story of a mother who claimed the Redditor was testing her son’s purity by having visible bra straps. Not long before that, a Redditor told the story of how his girlfriend tried to test their relationship with an astronomical bill.
Published: Jul 3, 2026 01:55 pm